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« on: July 12, 2021, 04:49:58 PM »

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/11/cameraman-beaten-during-georgias-lgbt-rally-dies-protest-erupts

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Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Georgia’s capital after a cameraman, one of dozens of journalists beaten during attacks on LGBTQ activists in Tbilisi this week, died.

LGBTQ campaigners in the South Caucasus country of Georgia called off a pride march on Monday after violent groups opposed to the event stormed and ransacked their office in Tbilisi and targeted activists and journalists.

Cameraman Alexander Lashkarava, 36, who was beaten up in the incident, was found dead at his home by his mother, TV Pirveli, the channel he worked for, said on Sunday. It did not disclose the cause of death.

Thousands of protesters gathered outside the parliament and the office of ruling party Georgian Dream on Sunday to call for the prime minister and interior minister to resign over the violence and Lashkarava’s death.

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« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2021, 05:05:02 PM »
« Edited: July 12, 2021, 05:08:59 PM by Farmlands »

I'm visiting in August. Hopefully the situation is better by then and glad to see other Georgians already protesting against those events. The photos of the crowd that destroyed the offices of LGBT activists are genuinely scary.
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« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2021, 09:19:45 AM »

Best of luck to them, it is high time such countries stopped being so neanderthal.
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